Takyiwaa Manuh

Takyiwaa Manuh

human

Sex anaa gender	female
Occupation	academic, writer

Takyiwaa Manuh (dem born am May 1952) be Ghanaian academic den author. She be Emerita Professor for University of Ghana, wey before ein retirement for May 2017 insyd, she serve as de Director of de Social Development Policy Division of de United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), wey dey Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Na she san be de Director give Institute of African Studies wey dey University of Ghana, Legon from 2002 dey go 2009 insyd. She be fellow of de Ghana Academy of Arts den Sciences.

Ein Awards den Honours

Na she be de co-winner of de National Women's Business Council Best Paper for Women's Entrepreneurship Award insyd togeda plus Dr. Kojo Saffu of Brock University wey dey Ontario, Canada for 2004 insyd. Dem give Manuh de University of Ghana's Meritorious Service Award for 2007 insyd, wey July 2008 insyd too, dem award am de Order of de Volta (Officer Class). For 2015 insyd, de University of Sussex award am plus Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

Ein Works

Manuh's works dey de areas of Gender den Women wey dey Ghana, women demma rights den issues of empowerment for Ghana den Africa, Contemporary African Migrations, den higher education wey dey Africa. Ein writings dey include:

• Ghanaians, Ghanaian-Canadians den Asantes: Citizenship den Identity among Migrants in Toronto? Africa Today 45(3-4):481–494 (1998);
• Dis Place is not Ghana: Gender den Rights Discourse among Ghanaian Migrants in Toronto, Canada. Ghana Studies Journal 2: 77–95;
• De Salt Cooperatives in Ada, Ghana In D. R. F. Taylor den F. Mackenzie (eds), Development From Within: Survival in Rural Africa. Routledge: London den New York. Ch. 5, pp. 102–124;
• De Asantehema's Court den its Jurisdiction over Women in Asante: A Study in Legal Pluralism Research Review, (N.S.) Vol. 4, No. 2:50–66 also speak to issues in ethnic identity and governance;
•  At Home in de World: Contemporary Migration den Development in Ghana den West Africa, SubSaharan Publishers (2005) co-edited (with Amina Mama and Charmaine Pereira);
• An issue of Feminist Africa on "Sexual Cultures.", (2007);
• Change den Transformation In Ghana's Publicly-Funded Universities: A Study of Experiences, Lessons den Opportunities (with Sulley Gariba den Joseph Budu) was published by James Currey, Oxford, and Woeli Publications, Accra;
• Africa afta Gender? (with Catherine Cole den Stephan Miescher), Indiana University Press (2007).